People need to fucking shut up about this MacBook Pro port shit. They're moving all their ports to one unified port that has a standard interconnect that people have been wanting on Android phones and other machines since USB C was announced. Shut the fuck up and notice that it's changing for the better.

And a single legacy connector could not be implemented why?

@avstuff because the legacy connector is either inferior or cannot handle the specs. USBA 3.0 is a stupid connector, so is micro USB 3.0. Also the specs for USB C allow for higher power requirements needed for things like charging a laptop.

@DoctorDalek I still hold my ground, 3 USB C and a USB A > 4 USB C. Or 2 and 2 if it is not possible for a 3 and 1.

@DoctorDalek Something may be shitty, but it is still in wide circulation. I would have to hate to buy a USBC storage device, simply to have to get a conversion cable for all other devices I need to use with it, or the other way around.

@avstuff maybe, but personally the only two devices I would plug in are a keyboard and a flash drive. I can solve the keyboard by getting a hub and having USB A for all of my desk stuff. Remember that apple was also one of the first to remove the CD drive and the serial port and parallel port.

@DoctorDalek I concede USBC is a far better solution and I think it is great that Apple is wanting to progress the industry standard, I just think it is off putting to require adaptation of, pretty much, all peripherals because a single widely circulated interface was not provided.

Granted, I am not the user that actually plugs anything into my laptop and I should be more okay with this decision than I actually am.

I am really excited for charging over USB to finally be a thing in a laptop.

@avstuff it's apple. They do this type of thing all the time. It's just easy for people to bash them now. I'm not saying they're innovating more than anyone else is or that they even make the best decisions. I think the iPhone headphone jack thing is fucking stupid and I'd rather have it. But this in my mind is far and clear the way to do it. This laptop probably won't sell that well but it's going to get the train moving and that's what we need.

I don't mind converting everything over to USB C. I'm sick of having a bunch of cables for different purposes that something else might have trouble with. My work desktop has no HDMI or dvi port. Just VGA and display port. My monitor has VGA and DVI. Id rather just have literally everything be one connector.

Talking of apple connecotrs - that lightning connector is rubbish - they dont make a good connection and they fail all the time....

Does the new computer even have an ethernet port?

@spl0 no but the last one didn't either

@avstuff because if you don't take it away people will always expect it.

Oh YAY!! I can't even plug in head fu*$&@ing phones. NO, lets be clear here. This single port USBC sh*^#T is BU_ _ SH _ _! Yes, I have some Kickass Bose headphones but this POS machine can't always select the right audio output if you have multiple monitors. Sounds comint out 3 different places from different Conference calls out one monitor and music out another and nothing to the head phones.Oh, I'll just plug in. NOPE. Let me go get a ANOTHER dongle. Copy some files over from a PC... Uhhh NOPE... need a dongle because you can't plug in a USB flash stick. USB to RJ45 console.. Dongle to Dongle.. AWESOME. And this DUMBASS trackbar horsesh&!T!!!)(@#(*!^@(*^~!!! at the top of the keyboard. Seriously WTF!!!